UTD To Hold Two Workshops on Accounting,
Financial Analysis and Value Creation Issues

RICHARDSON, Texas (Nov. 7, 2001) - The
Executive and Professional Development division of The University of
Texas at Dallas (UTD) School of Management will present two separate
interactive workshops addressing issues of accounting, financial
analysis and value creation Nov. 27 and 28 and Dec. 4 and 5.

The Nov. 27 and 28 workshop, “Accounting and Finance for
Non-Financial Managers: Getting on Top of the Numbers Game,” will
address the accounting process, the company’s financial statements and
interpreting the company’s financial reports. The workshop is intended
for mid-level to senior managers whose jobs involve managing
non-financial areas, operations and budgets.

The instructors for “Accounting and Finance for Non-Financial
Managers” will be three UTD School of Management accounting and
information systems faculty members led by Dr. Rajiv Banker. Dr. Banker
holds a doctorate in business administration from Harvard University and
is Ashbel Smith Chair in Accounting and Information Management and the
director of Accounting and Information Management Programs at UTD. He
has served as a professor of accounting and management at Carnegie
Mellon University and as the Arthur Andersen Chair in Accounting and
Information Systems at the University of Minnesota.

Two award-winning UTD accounting and information management faculty
members, Dr. Mark Anderson and Dr. Suresh Radhakrishnan, will present
the Dec. 4 and 5 workshop, “Financial Analysis and Value Creation.”
Addressing managing financial disclosures and the effects of choices of
accounting policies on various performance measures, it is intended for
managers developing corporate strategy and operating managers with
responsibility of financial oversight.

Both Anderson and Radhakrishnan are professionally qualified
chartered accountants. Anderson received his Ph.D. from the University
of Florida, while Dr. Radhakrishnan received his Ph.D. from New York
University.

Both workshops will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day in the
UTD Conference Center. The cost for each workshop is $1,395 and includes
course materials, lunch and refreshments. For additional information,
please contact Ken L. Gilliam, at 972-883-2204, or view the UTD
Professional Development website at http://som.utdallas.edu/profdev/.

Executive and Professional Development is a division of UTD’s
School of Management. Working in partnership with public and private
organizations, Executive and Professional Development focuses on
strengthening individual and organization effectiveness. It offers
non-credit programs including workshops, seminars, conferences, short
courses, custom-designed programs and one-on-one training. Companies can
work with UTD to design custom on-site or on-campus training.

About UTD

The University of Texas at Dallas, located at the convergence of
Richardson, Plano and Dallas in the heart of the complex of major
multinational technology corporations known as the Telecom Corridor,
enrolls more than 7,000 undergraduate and 5,000 graduate students. The
school’s freshman class traditionally stands at the forefront of Texas
state universities in terms of average SAT scores. The university offers
a broad assortment of bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degree
programs. For additional information about UTD, please visit the
university’s web site at www.utdallas.edu.